ADLP 8503 HR Analytics

A growing number of businesses are applying analytics to processes such as recruiting and retention, talent management, and employee performance. As organizations strive to ground decision-making on data, it is increasingly essential for HR professionals to develop analytic skills to assess critical HR issues and leverage analytics to make smarter talent and strategic decisions. In this course, students will develop and sharpen HR analytics skills as they analyze and visualize data to inform recommendations and decisions. Students will learn how to translate analytical findings into HR solutions and how to communicate their findings through visualization and storytelling. The course also will explore the challenges and limitations of HR analytics and examine ethical and legal issues that could arise when using analytics to make HR decisions.

Course overview

Department
Advancing Studies
School
ADV
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating
4.33 / 5 · Very Good
3 responses
Instructor rating
5.00 / 5 · Excellent
3 responses
Terms evaluated
1
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Spring 2026Gregory Thompson4.35.04.34.34.75.04.75.07–9 hrs/week3 of 4

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

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